Mendes
From LSJ
ἐὰν οὖν τὰ μαλακὰ σκληρῶς καὶ τὰ σκληρὰ μαλακῶς λέγηται, πιθανὸν γίγνεται → but if, as a result, gentle things are said harshly and harsh things gently, the result is unpersuasive
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mendēs: ētis, Mendēsīcus, and Mendēsĭus, a, um,
I adj., of or belonging to the Egyptian maritime town Mendes.
(a) Mendes: Asclepias, Suet. Aug. 94.—
(b) Mendesicus: ostium, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.—
(g) Mendesius: nomos, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49: unguentum, id. 13, 1, 2, § 17.
